Solitude
The creation of an open, empty space in which we can be found by God and by which we are freed from competing loyalties.
The experience of solitude varies widely from taking advantage of the little solitudes in our days to setting aside planned times of retreat to step out of our daily patterns in order to enter into the silence of God. This discipline, which is necessarily married to silence, leads also to greater trust in God to be our Justifier as even the very words we speak are tamed.
Solitude is more a state of mind and heart than it is a place.
~ Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline